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Rick Brunson

Rick Daniel Brunson

Position: Guard
Height: 6-4    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: June 14, 1972 in Syracuse, New York
High School: Salem in Salem, Massachusetts
College: Temple University

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1997-98 25 POR NBA 38 10 622 49 141 .348 22 61 .361 42 62 .677 14 42 56 100 25 3 52 55 162
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 17 0 95 6 21 .286 0 5 .000 5 18 .278 3 7 10 19 9 0 12 8 17
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 37 0 289 29 70 .414 2 13 .154 11 18 .611 3 24 27 49 9 1 31 35 71
2000-01 28 TOT NBA 22 0 208 18 54 .333 2 14 .143 8 15 .533 5 16 21 31 8 1 17 21 46
2000-01 28 BOS NBA 7 0 142 10 35 .286 2 11 .182 4 9 .444 2 7 9 24 7 1 9 16 26
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 15 0 66 8 19 .421 0 3 .000 4 6 .667 3 9 12 7 1 0 8 5 20
2001-02 29 POR NBA 59 2 520 45 113 .398 6 11 .545 29 41 .707 23 45 68 114 25 2 47 51 125
2002-03 30 CHI NBA 17 0 196 23 50 .460 4 6 .667 10 12 .833 4 15 19 36 10 3 17 20 60
2003-04 31 TOT NBA 40 0 412 40 105 .381 11 23 .478 27 31 .871 9 28 37 82 25 3 33 44 118
2003-04 31 TOR NBA 3 0 10 2 4 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
2003-04 31 CHI NBA 37 0 402 38 101 .376 11 23 .478 27 31 .871 9 28 37 80 25 3 33 44 114
2004-05 32 LAC NBA 80 39 1945 166 442 .376 48 130 .369 57 74 .770 23 164 187 410 82 7 125 106 437
2005-06 33 TOT NBA 27 0 246 21 54 .389 5 13 .385 7 12 .583 1 21 22 35 8 1 22 22 54
2005-06 33 SEA NBA 4 0 31 5 8 .625 0 1 .000 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 10
2005-06 33 HOU NBA 23 0 215 16 46 .348 5 12 .417 7 12 .583 1 19 20 33 8 1 19 21 44
Career NBA 337 51 4533 397 1050 .378 100 276 .362 196 283 .693 85 362 447 876 201 21 356 362 1090

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1997-98 25 POR NBA 38 10 16.4 1.3 3.7 .348 0.6 1.6 .361 1.1 1.6 .677 0.4 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.7 0.1 1.4 1.4 4.3
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 17 0 5.6 0.4 1.2 .286 0.0 0.3 .000 0.3 1.1 .278 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.5 1.0
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 37 0 7.8 0.8 1.9 .414 0.1 0.4 .154 0.3 0.5 .611 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.9 1.9
2000-01 28 TOT NBA 22 0 9.5 0.8 2.5 .333 0.1 0.6 .143 0.4 0.7 .533 0.2 0.7 1.0 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.8 1.0 2.1
2000-01 28 BOS NBA 7 0 20.3 1.4 5.0 .286 0.3 1.6 .182 0.6 1.3 .444 0.3 1.0 1.3 3.4 1.0 0.1 1.3 2.3 3.7
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 15 0 4.4 0.5 1.3 .421 0.0 0.2 .000 0.3 0.4 .667 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.3
2001-02 29 POR NBA 59 2 8.8 0.8 1.9 .398 0.1 0.2 .545 0.5 0.7 .707 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.9 2.1
2002-03 30 CHI NBA 17 0 11.5 1.4 2.9 .460 0.2 0.4 .667 0.6 0.7 .833 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.1 0.6 0.2 1.0 1.2 3.5
2003-04 31 TOT NBA 40 0 10.3 1.0 2.6 .381 0.3 0.6 .478 0.7 0.8 .871 0.2 0.7 0.9 2.1 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.1 3.0
2003-04 31 TOR NBA 3 0 3.3 0.7 1.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
2003-04 31 CHI NBA 37 0 10.9 1.0 2.7 .376 0.3 0.6 .478 0.7 0.8 .871 0.2 0.8 1.0 2.2 0.7 0.1 0.9 1.2 3.1
2004-05 32 LAC NBA 80 39 24.3 2.1 5.5 .376 0.6 1.6 .369 0.7 0.9 .770 0.3 2.1 2.3 5.1 1.0 0.1 1.6 1.3 5.5
2005-06 33 TOT NBA 27 0 9.1 0.8 2.0 .389 0.2 0.5 .385 0.3 0.4 .583 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 2.0
2005-06 33 SEA NBA 4 0 7.8 1.3 2.0 .625 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.3 2.5
2005-06 33 HOU NBA 23 0 9.3 0.7 2.0 .348 0.2 0.5 .417 0.3 0.5 .583 0.0 0.8 0.9 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.9 1.9
Career NBA 337 51 13.5 1.2 3.1 .378 0.3 0.8 .362 0.6 0.8 .693 0.3 1.1 1.3 2.6 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.1 3.2

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1997-98 25 POR NBA 38 10 622 2.8 8.2 .348 1.3 3.5 .361 2.4 3.6 .677 0.8 2.4 3.2 5.8 1.4 0.2 3.0 3.2 9.4
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 17 0 95 2.3 8.0 .286 0.0 1.9 .000 1.9 6.8 .278 1.1 2.7 3.8 7.2 3.4 0.0 4.5 3.0 6.4
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 37 0 289 3.6 8.7 .414 0.2 1.6 .154 1.4 2.2 .611 0.4 3.0 3.4 6.1 1.1 0.1 3.9 4.4 8.8
2000-01 28 TOT NBA 22 0 208 3.1 9.3 .333 0.3 2.4 .143 1.4 2.6 .533 0.9 2.8 3.6 5.4 1.4 0.2 2.9 3.6 8.0
2000-01 28 BOS NBA 7 0 142 2.5 8.9 .286 0.5 2.8 .182 1.0 2.3 .444 0.5 1.8 2.3 6.1 1.8 0.3 2.3 4.1 6.6
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 15 0 66 4.4 10.4 .421 0.0 1.6 .000 2.2 3.3 .667 1.6 4.9 6.5 3.8 0.5 0.0 4.4 2.7 10.9
2001-02 29 POR NBA 59 2 520 3.1 7.8 .398 0.4 0.8 .545 2.0 2.8 .707 1.6 3.1 4.7 7.9 1.7 0.1 3.3 3.5 8.7
2002-03 30 CHI NBA 17 0 196 4.2 9.2 .460 0.7 1.1 .667 1.8 2.2 .833 0.7 2.8 3.5 6.6 1.8 0.6 3.1 3.7 11.0
2003-04 31 TOT NBA 40 0 412 3.5 9.2 .381 1.0 2.0 .478 2.4 2.7 .871 0.8 2.4 3.2 7.2 2.2 0.3 2.9 3.8 10.3
2003-04 31 TOR NBA 3 0 10 7.2 14.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.4
2003-04 31 CHI NBA 37 0 402 3.4 9.0 .376 1.0 2.1 .478 2.4 2.8 .871 0.8 2.5 3.3 7.2 2.2 0.3 3.0 3.9 10.2
2004-05 32 LAC NBA 80 39 1945 3.1 8.2 .376 0.9 2.4 .369 1.1 1.4 .770 0.4 3.0 3.5 7.6 1.5 0.1 2.3 2.0 8.1
2005-06 33 TOT NBA 27 0 246 3.1 7.9 .389 0.7 1.9 .385 1.0 1.8 .583 0.1 3.1 3.2 5.1 1.2 0.1 3.2 3.2 7.9
2005-06 33 SEA NBA 4 0 31 5.8 9.3 .625 0.0 1.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 3.5 1.2 11.6
2005-06 33 HOU NBA 23 0 215 2.7 7.7 .348 0.8 2.0 .417 1.2 2.0 .583 0.2 3.2 3.3 5.5 1.3 0.2 3.2 3.5 7.4
Career NBA 337 51 4533 3.2 8.3 .378 0.8 2.2 .362 1.6 2.2 .693 0.7 2.9 3.5 7.0 1.6 0.2 2.8 2.9 8.7

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1997-98 25 POR NBA 38 622 9.6 .481 .426 2.7 7.6 5.2 24.8 2.1 0.4 23.6 16.0 96 105 -0.1 0.7 0.6
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 17 95 6.2 .294 .286 3.9 8.4 6.2 33.2 5.2 0.0 29.3 20.7 65 94 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 37 289 7.0 .456 .429 1.3 9.6 5.5 26.9 1.7 0.3 28.5 17.9 83 103 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
2000-01 28 TOT NBA 22 208 6.3 .380 .352 2.9 9.2 6.0 24.2 2.0 0.4 21.9 17.4 80 104 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
2000-01 28 BOS NBA 7 142 5.6 .334 .314 1.6 6.0 3.7 26.9 2.6 0.5 18.8 15.3 79 106 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 15 66 7.8 .462 .421 5.7 16.0 11.0 18.6 0.8 0.0 27.0 21.9 81 100 -0.1 0.1 0.0
2001-02 29 POR NBA 59 520 12.2 .477 .425 5.1 10.3 7.7 32.7 2.6 0.3 26.4 15.6 99 105 0.2 0.5 0.7
2002-03 30 CHI NBA 17 196 13.4 .543 .500 2.3 8.3 5.4 29.0 2.6 1.1 23.5 16.4 102 106 0.1 0.1 0.3
2003-04 31 TOT NBA 40 412 13.1 .497 .433 2.3 7.6 4.9 32.8 3.2 0.5 21.8 16.5 100 103 0.2 0.4 0.6
2003-04 31 TOR NBA 3 10 18.3 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 43.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.4 119 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003-04 31 CHI NBA 37 402 12.9 .497 .431 2.4 7.8 5.0 32.6 3.2 0.6 22.4 16.4 99 103 0.2 0.4 0.6
2004-05 32 LAC NBA 80 1945 11.6 .460 .430 1.5 9.8 5.8 32.7 2.3 0.3 20.8 14.3 99 108 0.3 1.6 1.9
2005-06 33 TOT NBA 27 246 6.3 .455 .435 0.5 9.9 5.3 23.4 1.8 0.3 27.1 15.6 83 107 -0.4 0.2 -0.1
2005-06 33 SEA NBA 4 31 7.8 .625 .625 0.0 7.9 3.9 10.5 0.0 0.0 27.3 15.9 93 121 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005-06 33 HOU NBA 23 215 6.1 .429 .402 0.6 10.2 5.5 25.2 2.0 0.4 27.0 15.6 82 105 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
Career NBA 337 4533 10.7 .464 .426 2.2 9.2 5.8 30.2 2.4 0.3 23.3 15.5 95 106 -0.8 4.4 3.6

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 9 18 2 5 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 4 3 6 .400 1.000 2.0 0.7 0.1 0.2
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .000 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .000 .750 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.0
2001-02 29 POR NBA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 16 28 2 7 0 0 5 6 1 1 3 1 0 5 5 9 .286 .833 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.2

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 9 18 0.9 .510 .400 6.8 0.0 3.4 20.1 0.0 0.0 40.5 27.1 73 107 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 3 4 4.5 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 38.7 14.3 0.0 0.0 12.8 46 79 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 2 4 9.1 .543 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.6 46.9 86 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001-02 29 POR NBA 2 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 16 28 2.5 .467 .286 4.4 0.0 2.2 18.5 2.0 0.0 34.2 25.9 74 105 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1991-92 19 TEMPLE 30 537 41 128 12 53 53 87 79 56 29 0 39 41 147 .320 .226 .609 17.9 4.9 2.6 1.9
1992-93 20 TEMPLE 33 1205 147 371 57 177 112 171 98 149 67 3 79 73 463 .396 .322 .655 36.5 14.0 3.0 4.5
1993-94 21 TEMPLE 31 1221 128 346 50 167 77 119 127 142 83 3 65 58 383 .370 .299 .647 39.4 12.4 4.1 4.6
1994-95 22 TEMPLE 30 1149 164 448 72 252 100 143 177 123 74 4 73 69 500 .366 .286 .699 38.3 16.7 5.9 4.1
Career 124 4112 480 1293 191 649 342 520 481 470 253 10 256 241 1493 .371 .294 .658 33.2 12.0 3.9 3.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1991 McDonald's All American

Assist Pct

2004-05 NBA 32.7 (9)

Transactions

September 30, 1997: Signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic.

October 20, 1997: Waived by the Orlando Magic.

October 23, 1997: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knickerbockers.

December 2, 1997: Signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers.

January 21, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knickerbockers.

September 28, 2000: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

October 20, 2000: Waived by the Miami Heat.

November 6, 2000: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics.

November 27, 2000: Claimed on waivers by the New York Knickerbockers from the Boston Celtics

December 21, 2001: Signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers.

September 18, 2002: Signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls.

August 13, 2003: Signed as a free agent with the Toronto Raptors.

September 30, 2003: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers.

December 16, 2003: Traded by the Toronto Raptors to the Chicago Bulls for Roger Mason.

March 15, 2004: Waived by the Chicago Bulls.

August 3, 2005: Waived by the Los Angeles Clippers.

August 5, 2005: Signed as a free agent with the Seattle Supersonics.

March 2, 2006: Claimed on waivers by the Houston Rockets from the Seattle Supersonics

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1997-98 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $5,000
1998-99 New York Knickerbockers NBA $350,000
1999-00 New York Knickerbockers NBA $485,000
2000-01 Total NBA $539,500
2001-02 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $590,850
2002-03 Chicago Bulls NBA $699,935
2003-04 Total NBA $813,679
2004-05 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $932,546
2005-06 Seattle Supersonics NBA $1,029,873
Career (may be incomplete) $5,446,383
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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